1.9. Marking Up Text with Emacs

1.9.1. nroff Mode

To Keystrokes Command Name
Enter nroff mode ESC x nroff-mode
Move the cursor to the next text line ESC n forward-text-line
Move the cursor to the previous text line ESC p backward-text-line
Enter electric nroff mode (a minor mode in which you type the first in a pair of nroff commands, then press C-j, and Emacs inserts the second command of the pair) ESC x electric-nroff-mode
Complete common macro pairs C-j electric-nroff-newline

1.9.2. TeX Mode

To Keystrokes Command Name
Enter TeXmode ESC x plain-tex-mode
Enter LaTeX mode ESC x latex-mode
Insert two hard returns (standard end of paragraph) and check syntax of paragraph C-j tex-terminate-paragraph
Insert two braces and put cursor between them C-c { tex-insert-braces
Position the cursor following the closing brace, if you are between braces C-c } up-list
Check buffer for syntax errors ESC x validate-tex-buffer
Process buffer in TeX or LaTeX C-c C-b tex-buffer
Put the message shell on the screen, showing (at least) the last error message C-c C-l tex-recenter-output- buffer
Process region in Text or LaTeX C-c C-r tex-region
Kill TeXor LaTeX processing C-c C-k tex-kill-job
Print TeX or LaTeX output C-c C-p tex-print
Show print queue C- c C-q tex-show-print-queue
Provide closing element of a command pair, in LaTeX mode only C-c C-e tex-close-latex-block

1.9.3. Html-Helper Mode

Html-helper mode by Nelson Minar offers great flexibility ...

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